25 Jun 2024

Christopher Luxon on new Pharmac funding

From Morning Report, 7:51 am on 25 June 2024

The government is celebrating new funding for Pharmac that will cover "up to" fifty-four new drugs. The $600 million boost makes good on National's election pledge to fund thirteen new cancer drugs. But it also raises questions about how the costing was done and who will end up paying for it. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon spoke to Corin Dann.